I don't even know if the rating I put in here is fitting for this kind or review or even matters so I am not really giving this one an official rating or whatever in the traditional sense.
Xenosaga II to III: A Missing Year is a Japanese-exclusive visual novel/game/idk how to describe this thing that takes place between the events of Episode 2 and Episode 3. It involves Shion and Jin pursuing a 100-Series Realian who has more to her that meets the eye and the story dives into some very relevant lore points and delves into the characters we all know and love so much.
I don't think the game itself is even active anymore online even in its original incarnation so the most accessible way of seeing this game is through a fan translation of the game on YouTube which I will link below and is the way I managed to access this game:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkdGQOixb1cbR4UDX1iFT1M_ErV5dWxA
It is unfortunate because if the game had a way bigger budget than it was given, this could have been converted to a game like Tetsuya Takahashi and the devs wanted to (same with Pied Piper and other media). I still think this is worth experiencing for the writing alone and especially for the ending, it's only an hour at most so this won't take up much of anyone's time but that's all there is to it really...
Xenosaga II to III: A Missing Year is a Japanese-exclusive visual novel/game/idk how to describe this thing that takes place between the events of Episode 2 and Episode 3. It involves Shion and Jin pursuing a 100-Series Realian who has more to her that meets the eye and the story dives into some very relevant lore points and delves into the characters we all know and love so much.
I don't think the game itself is even active anymore online even in its original incarnation so the most accessible way of seeing this game is through a fan translation of the game on YouTube which I will link below and is the way I managed to access this game:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkdGQOixb1cbR4UDX1iFT1M_ErV5dWxA
It is unfortunate because if the game had a way bigger budget than it was given, this could have been converted to a game like Tetsuya Takahashi and the devs wanted to (same with Pied Piper and other media). I still think this is worth experiencing for the writing alone and especially for the ending, it's only an hour at most so this won't take up much of anyone's time but that's all there is to it really...